Furthering Talk

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. Striving for Perspicuity

   • Tom Strong, David Paré

   Pages 1-14

3. Levinas Therapy as Discourse Ethics

   • Glenn Larner, Peter Rober, Tom Strong

   Pages 15-32

4. Acknowledging the Otherness of the Other

   • Arlene M. Katz, John Shotter, Jaakko Seikkula

   Pages 33-51

5. Narrating the Difference

   • Johnella Bird, Catherine Cook

   Pages 53-71

6. Power, Authority, and Pointless Activity

   • Lois Holzman, Fred Newman, Tom Strong

   Pages 73-86

7. A Postmodern Collaborative Approach

   • Harlene Anderson, J. Paul Burney, Sue Levin

   Pages 87-108

8. The Client’s Nonverbal Utterances, Creative Understanding & the Therapist’s Inner Conversation

   • Peter Rober, Glenn Larner, David Paré

   Pages 109-123

9. Discursive Approaches to Clinical Research

   • Jerry Gale, John Lawless, Kathryn Roulston

   Pages 125-144

10. Coming to Terms with Violence and Resistance

    • Nick Todd, Allan Wade, Martine Renoux

    Pages 145-161

11. What’s Love Got to Do With It?

    • Gerald Monk, Stacey L. Sinclair, Craig Smith

    Pages 163-179

12. Certainties v. Epiphanies

    • Thomas Conran, Toms Strong, Bradford Keeney

    Pages 181-197

13. Mesmerizing Violent Offenders with a Slice of Life

    • Bill Hanec, Don Baker

    Pages 199-215

14. Radical Youthwork

    • Hans Skott-Myhre, Jessica Skott-Myhre, Kathy Skott-Myhre, Reggie Harris

    Pages 217-232

15. Response-able Practice

    • Christopher J. Kinman, Peter Finck, Lynn Hoffman

    Pages 233-251

16. Therapy As Social Construction

    • Sheila McNamee, Lois Shawver

    Pages 253-270

17. Back Matter

    Pages 271-278

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Recently, a client coming in for her second appointment, told me the story ofhow she had been volunteeringher timeforthe pastseveralyearstofreeseveralinnocent prisoners from Illinois prisons. She told me how tenaciously and persistently she had to work against politicians who did not want these releases to take place. I wasso struck by her dedication and personal sacrificeoftime, money,and energy. At the end of her story, I thanked her. I said there were many times when I heard some story of injustice on the news and I thought to myself how I should get involved or at least write a letter. But somehow other matters would take precedence, my anger would dissipate and soon the issue would slip my mind. Listening to her I feltgrateful that there were people like her to take up the cause and put energy and voice to my concerns. I looked at her and thanked her again. Reading this manuscript I was reminded of this story. Editing a book on postmodern thinking and ways of being with clients is certainly not the same as confronting politicians or taking on power structures in a justice system. But nonetheless, after reading this manuscript I found myselfgrateful to Tom Strong and David Pare for their taking the time and committing the energy to the col­ lection. This is a book that should have been written. It is timely and moves ideas forward. This is a very worthwhile endeavor and the product reflects their dedication to contemporary ideas.

• Therapie
• conflict
• development
• dialogue
• ethics
• family
• health
• language
• media
• research
• therapy
• treatment
• violence

• University of Calgary, Canada

  Tom Strong

• University of Ottawa, Canada

  David Paré

Thomas Strong, Ph.D. is a psychologist and counselor educator at the University of Calgary. Formerly a practitioner throughout northwestern British Columbia, he recently re-entered academic life to explore the possibilities of discursive and postmodern thought for collaborative practice. Inspired by dialogica thinkers like Bakhtin, Garfinkel and Wittgenstein, his writing explores pragmatic and ethical issues such thought holds for psychotherapy, health conversations, and counselor education/supervision. Strong is also involved. In the Discursive Therapies ("The Virtual Faculty") graduate program offered online from Massey University in New Zealand.

David Paré, Ph.D. is a psychologist and counselor educator at the University of Ottawa as well as co-director (with Mishka Lysack) of the Glebe Institute, A Centre for Constructive and Collaborative Practice, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. For the past decade his work has focused on the ‘postmodern turn’ in family therapy and psychotherapy. David has a particular interest in narrative ideas and practices; in addition to writing and presenting widely on that topic, he offers training and supervision to practitioners interested in developing collaborative therapeutic practices. He is currently conducting participatory action research with students into the process of teaching and learning collaborative therapy.

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